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A. JOHNSON.

APPARATUSIOR MARKING CAN ENDS AND POSITIONING THE SAME UPON CAN BODIES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 24, I9I7- 4 SHEETS-SHEET I.

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. A. JOHNSON. APPARATUS FOR IABKING CAN ENDS AND POSITIONING THE SAME UPON CAN BODIES.

, APPLICATION FILED IAII. 24, I911- Patented Mar. 15,1921.

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Y A. JOHNSON. APPARATUS FOR MARKING CAN ENDS AND POSITIONING T-HE SAME UPON CAN BODIES.

APPLICATKON FILED MAR. 24, $917- 1,371,685, Patented Mar. 15, 1921-.

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ATTORNEY.

A. JOHNSON. APPARATUS FOR MARKING CAN ENDS AND POSITIONING THE SAME UPON CAN BODIES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AXEL JUHNSON, or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, Assrenon T0 AMERICANCAN COMPANY,

OF SAN. I RANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR MARKING CAN ENDS AND POSITIONING THE SAME UPON CAN -BODIES.

To all whom it may concern:

i1 leguown that 1', Arm. JOHNSON, a e1tizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful limprovements in Apparatus for Marking Can Ends and Positioning the are performed by continuously moving mechanism, and in which the can bodies are received without regard to time or space,

and are placed in timed and spaced relation during their travel through the machine. By providing continuously moving parts the machine is enabled to operate with less wear and. tear than is the case in machines whose mechanism operates intermittently. Greater speed may also be attained in a continuous machine. Other objects will become apparent from the following description when read with reference to the drawings.

In order to understand the invention, referenceshould be had to the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine, showing the can body and the can end feeding mechanism, and the device for marking the can ends.

Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the'machine taken on the line 2'2 of Fig. 1, and viewed in the direction of the arrows, showing the can feeding mechanism, the can and (an end advancing turrets, the marking device, and the associated driving mechanlsm.

Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, showing the can feeding mechanism and the can and can cud advancing mechanisms. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view, on an enlz' I i 1, and viewed in the direction of "the ar aws, disclosing in detail the can end feeding mechanism.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail taken on the line 55 of Fig. l, and viewed in the direction of the arrows, certain parts being broken away for the sake of clearness.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

s ed scaleftaken on the line l l of Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Application filed March'24, 1917. Serial No. 157,259.

6 is a sectional detail ofthe' can end feed ng mechanism, taken on the line 6---6 of Flg. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows, showing a can end'being removed from the stack of can ends. t

Fig. 7 is a sectional detail of the can end marking mechanism, taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows, showing a can endin position.

between the marking dies and the relative position of the can and end at such time.

Fig. 8 is a fragmental detail plan ofthe'v parts shown in F i 7 Fig. 9 is a sectional detail taken onthe line 9-9 of Fig. 1 and viewed in thedirection of the arrows, showing the assembling of the can end upon the can.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates a suitably constructed frame upon which the entire mechanism of the apparatus is mounted. The frame 1 supports a horizontal table 2, onto which the can bodies 3, Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, are introduced in any manner, not

illustrated, and above which are guide rails 4:, for guiding the cans 3,"as the same are introduced onto said table 2. A can feed wheel 5 is horizontally mounted above the left-hand or feed end of the table 2, and is carried upon a vertical shaft 6, which is journaled at 7 in the table 2, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and which'carries upon its lower end aspur-gear 8, said spur-gear being adapted to mesh with u spur-gear 9, carried upon a vertical. shaft 10, journaled at 11 and 11, in the table 2 and the frame, respectively, and carrying upon its lower end a bevel-gear 12. Said bevel-gear. is adapted to mesh with and be driven by a bevel-gear 13 mounted upon a horizontally disposed drive shaft 14:, suitable mounted in the frame 1, and carrying a pulley 15 adapted to receive power from an outside source, not shown in the drawings. The can feed wheel 5 is formed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings,'with a plurality of peripheral can engaging pockets 16, adapted to engage the cans3 at the positionsA, Fig. 3 of the drawings, as the same are advanced between the guide rails 4, and to move the same forwardly in the desired timed and spaced relation, as shown at a in Fig. 1 of the drawings. A yielding guide-rail 17 is provided to retain the cans 3 in proper en aging relation with the can feed wheel '5. aid guide l if rail is supported by means of springs 18, so that if a can. should become misplaced with respect to the pockets 16 of the can feed wheel 5, the guide rail will give enough to prevent the crushing of the can between the guide rail and said feed wheel 5.

The vertical shaft carries, above the table 2, a turret 19, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 of the drawings, comprising a pair of parallel spaced horizontally disposed disks 20, having can receiving pockets 21 formed in their outer edges. These pockets of the disks are adapted to receive the cans 3, from the feed wheel 5 at the position B, Fig. 3, and to further continuously advance the same within a. semi-circular guide rail 22.

A third vertical shaft 23, Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, is rotatably carried at- 23' in the table 2, preferably in the same plane with the shafts 6 and 10. Said shaft 23 carries upon its lower end a spur-gear 24, Fig. 2 of the drawings, adapted to mesh with and be driven by the gear 9 upon the shaft 10. Thus all three vertical shafts rotate in timed relation. and are driven by the main drive shaft 14. The shaft 23 carries, above the table 2, a turret 25, Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, comprising spaced upper and lower disks 26, Fig. 2 of the drawings. formed with alined can receiving pockets 27 in their edges. The turret is adapted to receive the cans from the turret 19 at the position C, Fig. 3 of the drawings, and to further advance the same continuously, within a suitably formed guide member Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

In the drawings, I have illustrated a portion of the machine to which the cans are fed by the apparatus comprising my invention. This machine may perform any desired operation upon the cans, as, for example, seaming, and is shown as having a rotatable turret 29, Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, mounted upon a suitably formed base 30, positioned adjacent to the right hand end of the frame 1. The turret 29 is shown as provided with a vertical shaft 31. which is driven by the drive shaft 1 1 through a pair of meshing bevel-gears 32. The turret 29 is also shown as provided with can engaging pockets 33, Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, within which the cans are placed by the second advancing turret 25, at the position D, Fig. 3, and by which they are carried onward for whatever subsequent operation may be performed upon them.

It will be seen that the path of the can bodies through the machine is circuitous. as indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. Said can bodies as received between the guide rails 4, are engaged and placed in timed and spaced relation by the can feed wheel 5, and are tion of the turret 19. said plungers will s.

advanced continuously and successively, by said feed wheel and the turrets 19 and 25. and are finally placed by the latter upon the turret 29 in the proper timed relation.

Above the turrets 19 and 25, and spaced above the table 2, is a fixed plate 3 1, Figs. 1, 2, 4 and 6 of the drawings. A magazine or holder adapted to contain a stack of can ends is carried by said plate 34., and comprises a horizontally disposed ring 35, from which parallel spaced rods 36 extend upwardly. The can ends 37 are placed with.- in said holder in stack formation, one resting upon the other, and thelowermost can end of the stack resting upon shoulders 38, Fig. 4 of the drawings, formed at the upper edge of an aperture 39 in the plate 34. The plate 341 has formed on its underside a lindrical flange 40, Figs. 4, 6, 7 and 9 of the drawings, surrounding the upper portion of the turret 19, in the inner surface of which is formed a spiral groove 41; and within the upper plate 20 of the turret 19 is a fixed hub 42, Fig. 4, secured to and extending downwardly from the plate 34:, and having formed in its exterior wall a spiral groove 43, which lies in the same horizontal plane at all points as the groove 41 in the outer flange 40. These grooves terminate at their upper ends at the shoulder 38, at the bottom of the can end magazine, and form a spiral track into which the lowermost can end is removed from the magazine or holder. as shown at 37 in Fig. 6, and by which said can end is guided in a spiral path to a plane lower than that of the bottom. of the magazine, and into a position in vertical alinement with the can body 3 at the point of transfer from the turret 19 to the turret 25, that is, at the position C, Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The upper disk 20 of the turret 19 carries a pair of vertically slidable plunger-s 4C1. Fig. -1. of the (hearings, mounted upon the upper ends of the vertically disposed rods The rods 45 extend through the lower i of the turret 19 and are vslidably carr' therein, and the lower ends of said rods provided with heads 46. which extend r dially beyond the edge of the turret r 20 and carry outwardly projecting cam loll. ers 47. Springs 18 are provided to retain the plnngers 41 and their rods 15 in the r uppermost positions so that. upon the rotacessivel engage the lowermost can (*1 the stack of ends within the magazi' slide the same laterally out from bcaeath said stack into the spiral grooves 4-1 and 13, and will advance the end within said grooves to the lower end thereof. To insure the proper removal of the can end from the nnigazine, and its entrance, into said spiral grooves, the plungers 44 are provided with Bill 6, adapted to enter-between the lowermost end 37, big. 6,and the end next above.

The inner walls of the upper parts of the pockets Eli are removed to expose to the edges of the can ends the hub 42 and its spiral guide or groove, and these parts of the pockcts are enlarged down to the top of the can body so as to accommodate the slightly greater diameter of the can end I (Fig. 6). The plunger id is only required "to propel the can end until the spiral grooves have carried it down into the top of the pocket 21 and thereafter the wall of the pocket will engage and propel it until it is carried out of said grooves and on to the can body.

lilounted upon the table 2, for horizontal swinging moyement, is a bell-crank lever d9, 1., $5 and l of the drawings, one arm 49 of which normally lies within the path of the can bodies as the same are advanced by the feed wheel 5. The other arm of said bell-crank lever carries on its end a cam member 51, Figs. 2, 4:, 5 and 601 the drawings, which normally lies in the path of the cam rollers 47 carried by the lower ends of the end ieed plunger rods 45. bell-crank lever is in its normal position, in which it is retained by spring 52, Figs. 1 and oi? the drawings, the cam rollers i7 ride upon the cam 51 carried by the end or said bell-crank lever, and depress the plunger heads 4:4 as the same are carried under the can end magazine, to prevent said plunger heads from engaging the lowermostcan end within said magazine, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Thus, if nocan body is advanced by the feed wheel 5, the bell-crank lever will not be moved,and no can end will be removed from the magazine; but ii a can body is advanced by said feed wheel, ,and

engages the end d9 ofthe bellecrank lever, the other end thereoi' will be moved out or the path ofthe camrollers Q7, and the end ieed plungers d4: will be retained in their uppermost positions by their springs 48. A can end will in this case be removed from the niz w'azine, as shown in Fig. 6 or" the scribed. l swinging latch member 53','Figs..

'-iand oi the drawings, is carried by the lower turret disk adjacent to the lower end of each end feed plunger rod 45. The outer end o'l'said latch is adapted to bear against the side er the head 46 carried upon the lower end of said plunger rod, and is so held by a sprin 5d, so that when the plunger rod is depressed by the engagement of its cani roller 47 with the cam 51, carried by the bell-crank lever, said latch member of; is moved inwardly against the lower end of the rod i5, above the head 46 thereof,

and thereby retains saidrod and the end When the carried within a suitable '7 and 9 of the drawings,

neath said die.

feed plunger carried thereby in their lowermost position, so that said plunger will not be elevated against the lowermost can end within the magazine, even after the cam roller l? has run free of the cam 5i. A pin extends upwardly from the table 2 and is adapted to engage the inner ends of: the

latch members 53, as shown in Figs. iand 5' oi the drawings, to more said latch members out of engagement with the heads l6 or the plunger rods to allow said rods to be returned to their uppermost jQQSli-lOllz'i by their springs.

The can ends are marked or stamped with any desired legend or mark, immediately after leaving the magazine. F or this pun pose, a bracket 56, Figs. 1, 2 and 8 oi? the drawings, is pivotally' mounted at '57, on a hub extending upwardly from the upper fiXed plate 64 and surrounding and provid ing a ournal for the upper end of the turret shaft 10. The bracket 56 extends over the edge 0;. said plate 3%, as shown, and carries an inwardly turned lower end 58, Fi 2 o1 the drawings, lying under said plate and beneath the plane of the spiral can end grooves 4.1 and 43. Said inwardly turned end 58 carries a die-plate 59 over wpflh the can ends pass in close relation. A die 60 is guide 61, Figs. 2, in the upper porvertical alinement tion of the bracket 56, in wi-tlrthe lower die plate normally retained by a spring 62 in a posi: tion slightly above the can end 37"passing within the spiral grooves, as shown in Fig. 7.. The upper end 63 of the die 60 extends above the bracket 56 and is adapted to be struck by a hammer 6d carried upon the end of a lever 65, Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, mounted upona bracket 66 rising from the upper fixed plate 34:. A cam roller 67 is mounted upon the hammerlever and is adapted for engagement by a 'facecam 68 carried by the upper end o1 the verticalshaft 10, Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the drawings."

By means of said cam the hammer 6% is actuated to strike the die 60 at the proper time to stamp each can end 37 passing be- In order to allow enough time for the proper stamping of the can end, the bracket 5.6 is freely movable about its support at 57, and therefore travels with said can end for a limited distance as long as the die 60 is in engagement therewith.

.A spring 69, Fig. 8 of the drawings, is pro? vided to return the bracket 56 to its initial position upon the raising of the hammer 6dand the. release of the die from the can end.

As before stated, a can body is engaged by the can feed wheel 5 at position A of Fig. 3 of the drawings, and is advanced by said feed wheel to the position B, at which it is transferred to the, first advance turret 19,:and moved therebyyto the position .0...

59, said die being- During the movei'i'ient ()If the can body from the position B to the position C, a can end, which has been removed from the magazine 33. advanced along the spiral grooves dl and L3, to occupy a. position in vertical alinenient with. and immeiiliately above the can body at the position C. The spiral. grooves i1 and 43 terminate at this point. so that the can end. free to move upon the can body in a. a l alinement therebeneath. ln order to insure the proper placing of the end upon the can body, there is provided a vertically movable weight 70, Figs. 1, 2- and ll of the drawings, carried by a pair of spaced levers Tl, Figs. 1 and 2 of the ilraw-- in pivotally connected at 72 with brackets I i extending n nvardly from the fixed plate i id levers carry cam rollers 74 adapted to i de upon a lacecam 75 carried by the upper end of the vertical turretshaft 23. Thus the weight '70 is actuated by the cam 77 to strike each can end at position C and to position said end positively upon the can body beneath. To limit the downward movement of said assembling weight 70, I provide a stop 76, Figs. 2 and 9 of the drawings. preferably slightly resilient in its na* ture, upon which said weight strikes.

The can body, with the end positioned thereupon. is then advanced from the position 0 to the position D, Fig. 3 of the drawin 's by the second advance turret 25, and there placed upon the turret 29 of the succeeding machine. as previously described. A plate 7 7 Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, closely overlies the can and its end during their advance to the position D, and pre vents the end from being displaced during this movement.

The operation of the machine may be briefly summarized as follows A stack of can ends is placed. within. the magazine and 36, Fig. at of the drawings. the lowermost end. thereof resting upon the shoulder 38, at the upper end of the spiral. grooves 41 and 43. The can bodies are in-' troduced into the machine between the guide rails 4. Fig. 3, and as each can engaging pocket 16 of the can feed wheel comes to the position A, a can body is engaged thereby and is advanced to the position B. Dur ing this advance. the can body actuates the bell-crank lever 49 to enable one of the end feed plungers d4 of the first advance turret 1.9, to engage the lowermost can end in the magazine and to carry the same out "from beneath said magazine and into the spiral grooves. The can body is now transferred to the first advance turret 19 and is advanced thereby to the position and at the same time the can end which, has been removed from the magazine, is also advanced, through the spiral grooves, and placed. above the can body and in axial alinement therewith at the position C. The can end,

after leaving the magazine, and before reaching the position C, is stamped by the die (30, which is actuated by its hammer 64. At the position. C the weight '70 is allowed to fall upon the can end and to place the same positively upon the can body. The can body, with its end resting thereupon. is thence carried forward by the turret and placed. upon the turret 29 of the succeeding machine at the position D. it no can is engaged and advanced by the can feed wheel 5, the bell-crank lever 49 will not be actuated, and no end will be removed from the magazine.

It is to be particularly noted tha', the travel of the can bodies, from the time they are engaged by the feed wheel until they are discharged upon the succeeding machine. is continuous, there being no pause or sudden i.-lringe of direction. Similarly the can ends are continuously advanced from the magaz-zine, the marking and assembling thereof with the can bodies being accomplished without interrupting said contihmons advancing movement.

The invention has been hereinbefore described and is herewith illustrated in its pre tcrred form. However, I do not wish to be :.:onstrued as limiting myself thereto, for the reason that changes of form and construction may be made'without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I therefore wish to be understood as claiming the invention broadly as the state of the art will permit.

Havin thus described the invention. what I claim as new and desire to be protected by Letters Patent is i. In an apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing a series of can bodies. means for holding a stack of can ends above the can body advancing means in alincment over the path of the can bodies, and devices for removing the lowermost end from the stark within the holding means and advancing the same in a spiral path into axial alinement with the advancing can body.

In an apparatus "for the described purpose, means for advancing a can body, a i' holder :IClll'JtQfl to contain a stack of can ends arranged in alinement over the path of" the can body, and devices for removing the lowermost end from the stack within said holder. and for conveying the same in a spiral path into axial alinement with the advancing can body, said spiral path being formed by inner and. outer spirally grooved cylindrical walls.

3. In an. apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing a can body, a holder adapted to contain a stack of can. ends arranged in alinement over the path of the can body, devices for removing the lowermost end from the stack within said flil holder and for conveying the same in a spiral path into axial alinement with said can body, and means for assembling said can end and said alined can body, said spiral path being formed by inner and outer inclined guides having different angles of inclination.

el. In an apparatus for the described purand conveying the same along said. spiral track. and marking means operating on the am ends while held in said track.

5. In an apparatus for the described purpose. insane for advancing a can. body, a

holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends arranged in alinement over the path oi the can body, a spiral track having inner and outer spiral elements adapted to guide an end from said holder into axial alinemeet with the advancing can body, devices I for renaming an end from said holder and conveying the-"same along said spiral track, and mmns for removing said. can end from said Spll''tl trackand placing the same upon said can body, and marking means operating betneenthe inner and outer spiral elements (it said track.

6. in an apparatus for the described purpose, rotary means for advancing a can body, a holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends arranged in alinemcnt over the path of the can body, and devices associated with said rotary can advancing means for removing a can end from said holder, ad-

vancing: the same in a spiral path co-axial u 'ith said rotary means, and positioning the same upun said can body, said spiral path being l need by an outer spirally grooved vertical flange-and an inner spirally grooved hub.

T. In an apparatus for the described purpase. means for advancing a can body, a holder adapted contain astack of can ends. p sitioned. above said can body advancing means in alinemcnt over the path ot the in body, and devices associated with said :nl-- 'ancing means for removing the lowermost end from the stack withinfsaid holder and conveying thesame-in a down wardly inclined path into a position in axial alinement above said canbody.

S. In an apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing acan body, a holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends, positioned. above said can body ad-.

vancing means in alinernent over the path oi the can body, and devlces associated with Said advancing means for removing a can ows). vwans for advancing a can body, a

end from said holder and conveying the same ina downwardly inclined path to the path of said can-body, and for positioning the same upon said can body.

9. in an apparatus for the described purpose, rotary means for "advancing a can body, a holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends, positioned above said advancin means in alinement over the 'path of the can body, device's associated with said ad.- vanc-ing means ior removing a can end from said holder and conveying the same in a downwardly inclined spiral path to the path ofthe advancing can body, and means tor assembling said can end and said can body.

10. In an 1 apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing a can body, a holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends,devices for removing an end from said holder'and conveying the same in a spiral path into axial ahnement with the advancmg can body, and mechanism for marking said can end during the spiral travel thereof,

said marking mechanism having a move ment accompanying the can end during the marking action and thence returning to initial position, I

11. In an apparatus for the describedurpose, means for advancing a canbody, a holder adapted to contain a'fsupply of can ends, devices for removing-an end from said holder and conveying the same in a spiral path into a position in axial alinement with said advancing can body, and mechanism actuated by said. advancing means and adapted for limited movement therewith for marking the advancing can end, and comprising marking devices which are reciprocatory forward with the can end and thence backward. c

12. In an apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing a can body, a holder adapted to contain supply of can ends, devices for removing an end from said holder and conveying the same into a positionin axial alinement with said can body, and mechanism actuated by the can body and can end, advancing means for marking the advancing end, said mechanism having dies which are reciprocatory in the lines of travel of the can end and are adapted to move in unison with said end during the marking thereof. p

.13. In an apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing a can body, a holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends, devices associated with saidcan body advancing means for removing an end from said holder and conveying the same into a position in axial alinement with the advancing can body, mechanism associated with the advancing means for marking the adend during the marking thereof, and comprislng means for movlng said dies toward the can end and then with the can end in 1ts travel and then away from the can end and then reversely to the can end.

14. In an apparatus for the described purpose, means for advancing a. can body, a holder adapted to contain a supply of can ends, devices associated with the can body advancing means for removing an end from said holder and conveying the same into a position in axial alinement with said advancing can body, mechanism for marking the advancing can end, said mechanism having oscillatory dies adapted to travel in unison with said can end during the marking thereof, and means for placing the marked can end upon the can body.

15. In an apparatus for the described purpose, means for receiving a series of can bodies and advancing the same in timed and spaced relation, a holder adapted to contain a stack of can ends, devices for removing successively the lowermost can end of the stack within said holder and conveying said ends successively into a position in axial alinement with the advancing can bodies, mechanism having oscillatory marking devices movable parallel with the can ends for marking each can end as the same coir veyed from the holder, devices for placing the marked can end upon the can body positioned in axial alinement therewith, and means for discharging the can body and the can end positioned thereupon in timed and paced relation,

16. The combination of can body feeding mechanism, can end feeding mechanism, can end applying mechanism, and means for marking said can ends provided with marking members which are reciprocablc tow: -d and from the can end, and with an opposite to the movement of the can ends, and means for actuating said marking members.

17. The combination of can body feeding mechanism and can end feeding? mechanism arranged to propel the said ends and bczl cs in unison and alinement, can end guiding means inclining toward the path oi seizl. bodies, can end ap 'ilying' mechanism, and means for marking said can ends provided with marking members which are recipro cable toward and from the can end, and with and opposite to the movement oi the can ends. and. means for actuating said marking: members.

18. The combination of can body feeding mechanism, can end feeding mechanism comprising a. stack holder and a vertically movable can end propelling device movable also with the can bodies, can end applying mechanism, and means for marking said can ends provided with marking members which are reciprocable toward and from the marki can end, and with and opposite to the movement oil the can ends, and means for actuating said marking members.

if). The combination of can body feeding mechanism, can enc "Feeding mechanism, comprising a stack holder and a vertically movable can end propelling device movable also h the can bodies, can end applying n'iechar n. and. means for marking said can ends provided with marking members which are reciprocz'rbie toward and from the can end, and with and opposite to the movement of the can ends, means for actuating said marking members, and means engageable b5:

can body tor holding: said propelling;- device rrtracted from thcstack holder to pre vent i s engagement with a can end when not so engaged.

20. The combination of means for advancing can bodies, can end guides extending'in the direction of the advance of said can bodies and to a point near the path of the same, means for advancing in unison each cauend with its corresponding body reciprocaliile marking means movable with said can bodies and ends duringthe markin; action and adapted to operate on said ends witl'iout retarding their 21 fl;;lll(f0, 2111-1:

means "for causing the marked ends to be applied to the can bodies.

21. The combination of means for adwuieing can bodies. can end guides inclining in the direction of the advance of said. can bodies and also toward the path of the same, IELILHUS 't'or advancing in unison each can end with its corresponding body, marking); means movable with said can bodies and ends dur ing the marking action and adapted to opcrate on said ends without retarding their advance, and means for cain'singr the marked ends to be applied to the can bodies.

The combination of means for advan-sing: can bodie, can end guides extending in the direction the advance of said can bra I L ,1 i; r the path oi the sam. 11;: in unison each can end with its corresponding body, marking means movable with said can bodies ind ends during: the marking action and also oppos tely movable, and adapted to operate on said ends without retarding their advance, and means for causing, the marked ends to be applied to the can bodies,

2?, The combination or": means for ad ncing can bodies. can end guides extending in the direction of the advance of? said can bodies and to a point near the path at the same, means 'ior ad an ingin unison each an end with its cm'rripondiiii be, o; means and a holder for the same extending on both sides of the path of the can ends and movable with said can bodies and ends during the marking! action and adapted to operate on said ends withou re tarding their advance, and means for cansing the marked ends to be appliedto the can bodies.

24;. The combination of means for advancing can bodies, can end guides extending in the direction of the advance of said can bodies and to a point near the path ot' the same, means for advancing in unison each can end with its corresponding body, marking means movable with said can bodies and ends during themarking action and adapted to operate on'said ends without retarding; their advance, means for retracting said marking means in a direction sub stantialiy painllelwith the path of the can ends, and .means for causing the marked ends to be applied to the can bodies.

25. 'lhe combination of means for advancing. can bodies, can end guides extend-- ing in the direction of the advance of said can bodies and to a point near the path of the some, means for advancing in unison each can end with itscorresponding body, filkillgl' means movable with said can bodies and ends during the marking action and adapted to operate on said ends without retarding their advance, a hammer for actuating a marking element, and means for causing; the marked ends to be applied to the can bodies.

26. The combination of a carrier having can body and can end receiving and pro pellingr pockets, fixed parts at the inner side and at the outer side of said pockets having circular can end guides which decline at different angles toward the path of the can bodies, and means for feeding can ends to said guides and pockets.

27. The combination oi. a rotary turret having can body and can end receiving and propelling pockets, fixed parts at the inner side and at the outer side of said pockets having: circular can end guides which decline at different angles toward the positions of the can bodies, and means for feeding; can ends to said guid s and pockets.

2,8. The combination of a rotary turret having: can body and can end receiving and propelling pockets, fixedparts the inner side and at the outer side of said pockets having; circular can end grooves which decline at different angles toward the posi tions oi the can bodies, and'means forfeed ing can ends to said guldes an d pockets.

29. The combination of a rotary turret having can body and can end receiving and H'OJOillII sockets. fixed arts atthe inner l e side and at the outer side of said pockets having circular can end guideswhich dechne at diiierent angles toward the positions of the can bodies, a fixed can end holder, and means carried by the turret for feeding can ends to said guides and pockets.

30. The combination of a rotary turret having; can body and can end receiving and propelling pockets, fixed-parts at the inner side and at the outer side of said pockets having circular can end guides which decline toward the positions of the can bodies, means carried by the turret for feeding can ends to said guides and pockets, and means carried by the turret for holding said feed- ,ing means in inoperative position.

feeding means to inoperative position when not so engaged.

393. A can body and can end carrier having pockets for receiving and propelling can bodies and can ends above said bodi.es,means engaging the edges of the can ends for "feeding can ends downward in said pockets to. the can bodies during the carrying of the latter, and means for feeding can ends downward from a stack to said. pockets.

A can body and can endcarrier having pockets for receiving and propelling can bodies and can ends'a-bove said bodies,

means for feeding can ends downward in said pockets to the can bodies during the arryine otlthe latter, means for feeding can ends downward from a stack to said pockets. and marking devircs having an element arranged between the paths of the can .body and can end and an element arranged above the path of the can end.

A. can bodyand can end carrier having pockets for receiving and propelling can bodies and can ends above said bodies, means for feeding; can ends downward in said pockets to the can bodies during thecarrying of the latter, means for feeding can ends to said 'ooclretman'd devices movable by a can body for rendering inoperative said feeding" means which supplies can ends to said pockets when not so moved by a can body. 4 i

ihe combination of arotary turret for advancing can bodies and can ends, marking}: devices both above and below the path otthe can end, and supporting means for the marking devices extending both above and below the. path otthe canend and pivotally connected at the axis of said turret. V r I 36.The combination of a can body supporting table, acan body spacing and feeding; rotary wheel mounted thereover and having can receiving and propelling pockets, a can body feeding continuously rotary turret having can body and can end receiv mg pockets registering with the pockets of said wheel and cooperating therewith to en-.

gage the can bodies successively at a transfer station, a second continuously rotary turret having pockets registering with those of the first turret to receive the can bodies from the latter at a second transfer station, .:111 guiding means for holding the can bodies in said pockets, means for feeding can ends above the can bodies at said first station, means supported coaxially with the turret for marking the can ends near said first station, means for maintaining the can ends above the can bodies between said stations and guiding them into contact with the can bodies at said second station, and means for applying the can ends on to the can bodies at said second station.

37. The combination of a can bodLy supporting table, a can body spacing an feeding rotary whee]. mounted thereover and having can receiving and propelling pockets, a can body feeding continuously rotary turret having can body and can. end receiving pockets registering with the pockets of said wheel and cooperating therewith to engage the can bodies successively at a transfer station, a second rotary turret having pockets registering with those of the first turret to receive the can bodies from the latter at a second transfer station, can guiding means for holding the can bodies in said pockets, means for feeding can ends above the can bodies at said first station, means supported coaxially with the turret fol marking the canends near said first station, means for maintaining the can ends above the can bodies between said stations and guiding them into contact withv the can bodies at said second station, means for forcing the can ends on to the can bodies at said second station, and means for maintaining the can ends in applied position while they are carried by said. second turret.

38. The combination of a can body sup porting table, a can body spacing and feedmg rotary wheel mounted thereover and having can receiving and propelling pockets each having a curvature of about a quarter of a circle, a can body feeding continuously rotary turret having can body and can end receiving pockets of a curvature of about a half of a circle registering with the pockets of said wheel and cooperating therewith to engage the can bodies successively at a transfer station, a second rotary turret having pockets registering with those of: the first turret to receive the can bodies from the latter at a second transfer station, can guiding means for holding the can bodies in said pockets, means for feeding can ends above the can bodies at said first station, means supported coaxially with the turret for marking the can ends near said first station, means for maintaining the can ends above the can bodies between said stations and guiding them into contact with the can bodies at said second station, means for applying the can ends on to the can bodies at said second station.

39. The combination of means for feeding and propelling can ends to be applied to can bodies, means for embracing above and below and guiding two opposite edges of the can ends while they are propelled, marking means arranged at opposite sides of the path. of the can ends to operate on said ends while they are embraced and held from. vertical. displacement by said guiding means, and means for feeding can bodies to receive said can ends.

40. A can end feeding means having, in combination, a rotary turret provided with can end holding and propelling pockets, a fixed member within said turret having a can end guiding spiral groove, and a fixed part without said turret having a can end guiding spiral groove.

41. A can end feeding means having, in combination, a rotary turret provided with can end holding and propelling pockets, fixed member within said turret having a can end guiding spiral groove, and a fixed part without said turret having a can end guiding spiral groove, and marking means arranged to act on the can ends while they are in said grooves.

42. The combination of means for ad vancing can bodies andv can ends to uniting means, consisting of means for peripher ally engaging can ends and supporting the same at their edges only and moving them continuously toward and to said uniting means; movable marking means in the path of said can ends adapted to contact with said can ends and move in time therewith during the marking action and marking the same without retarding their advance and means at said uniting station for inviting the marked can ends to can bodies.

43. The combination of means for advancing can bodies and can ends to uniting means, consisting of means for peripherally engaging can ends and moving them contin' uously toward and to said uniting means and continuing said movement during the uniting operation; movable marking means in the path of said can ends adapted to contact with said can ends and move in time therewith during the marking action and marking the same without retarding their advance and meansat said uniting station for uniting the marked can ends to can bodies.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of a subscribing, witness.

AXEL JOHNSON.

Witness:

N. A. ACKER. 

